Three NY City cops are hospitalized after allegedly ingesting bleach that had been put into their milkshakes at a Shake Shack restaurant in NY City.
The incident occurred on the evening of June 15 when the three officers visited a Shake Shack restaurant in Lower Manhattan when, at some point during their meal, they began to feel sick while drinking their milkshakes.
The NY City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (NYC PBA) released a press release early Tuesday morning saying that it's believed the officers had ingested bleach.
“At some point during their meal period, the MOS discovered that a toxic substance, believed to be bleach, had been placed in their beverages,” the NYC PBA said during a statement published to social media. “The contamination wasn't discovered until the MOS had already ingested some of their beverages.”
The three victims were transported to an area hospital and are received treatment. All of them are expected to survive.
However, both Shake Shack and therefore the ny local department Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison tweeted that, after a radical investigation, there was no criminality done by any of the Shake Shack employees, in spite of what the NYC PBA had claimed earlier.
Harrison didn't elaborate on the investigation or how the substance that made the officers sick got into their milkshakes in the first place.
Meanwhile, the Detective’s Endowment Agency (DEA) also issued a press release saying that they believed the three officers had been “intentionally poisoned.”
“Tonight, three of our brothers in blue were intentionally poisoned by one or more workers at the Shake Shack at 200 Broadway in Manhattan,” the DEA said within the statement. “After tasting the milkshakes they purchased they became ill, making it necessary for them to travel to a neighborhood hospital. Fortunately, our fellow officers weren't seriously harmed.”
The DEA continued: “Police in NY City and across the country are under fire by vicious criminals who dislike us just because of the uniform we wear. Emboldened by pandering elected officials, these cowards will attend great lengths to harm any member of enforcement .”
Shake Shack said that the corporate was “horrified” by the incident but didn't elaborate on what may have caused it.
“We are horrified by the reports of cops injured at our 200 Broadway Shack in Manhattan. We are working with the police in their investigation immediately,” Shake Shack tweeted.
Both the NYC PBA and therefore the DEA warned officers to be extra vigilant when buying and consuming food while in uniform.
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